Yamato Sasagawa

Investor at WiL 丨 US & JP based Venture Capital

📍 Japan🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023
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World Innovation Lab (WiL) is a US & Japan-based venture capital firm with capital from governments and leading global corporations based in Japan and throughout Asia. The companys vision is to be the bridge between startups and corporates in key hubs across the globe - starting with Japan and the US. WiL invests in companies that are ready to scale and enter new markets. The firm helps US startups expand to Japan and Asia, and Japanese startups expand worldwide. In addition to direct investments, WiL also invests in emerging and established venture funds. WiL also supports its corporate investors in evolving their own innovation capabilities through executive training, strategic advisory, and partnerships with leading startups.
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2023
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Jan 2023
World Innovation Lab (WiL) is a US & Japan-based venture capital firm with capital from governments and leading global corporations based in Japan and throughout Asia. The companys vision is to be the bridge between startups and corporates in key hubs across the globe - starting with Japan and the US. WiL invests in companies that are ready to scale and enter new markets. The firm helps US startups expand to Japan and Asia, and Japanese startups expand worldwide. In addition to direct investments, WiL also invests in emerging and established venture funds. WiL also supports its corporate investors in evolving their own innovation capabilities through executive training, strategic advisory, and partnerships with leading startups.
2013
Co-Founder and CEO
Apr 2013
C Channel is a lifestyle service, curating information on fashion, hair style, make up, food, and travel via short videos. C Channel is positioned as a combination lifestyle magazine/video site that showcases content related to fashion, food, travel, and pop culture. Each video is just one minute long, the better to capture short attention spans, and most are shot and edited by professionals. C Channel’s target audience is young women in their teens to thirties.